Late Mrs. Makinde, nee Oyeyemi, was one of the nine police officers gunned down by the armed robbers in the incident.

About 33 residents of the town including officers of the Nigeria Police Force were killed during the attack.

It was gathered that the late Mr. Oyeyemi, who had been in serious agony since the death of his daughter, died at his, Ilorin resident, exactly nine months after his daughter was killed during the armed robbery attack in Offa.

A relation of the deceased said that Mr. Oyeyemi developed high blood pressure due to the shock of his daughter’s death.

It was also gathered that all the drugs he had been using to manage the ailment failed to achieve the desired change, a development that complicated his sickness at the weekend and ultimately claimed his life.